Skirt-gage.



E. H. GATES.

SKIRT GAGE.

AyPL'IoATIoN FILED JULY 12, 1912.

' 1,098,491 Patented June 2, 1914.

ELIZABETH H. GATES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SKIRT-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Application led July 12, 1912. Serial No. 708,948.

To all 107mm t may concern Be it known that I, ELIZABETH H. Gares, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt- Gages, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention relates to improvements upon the form of skirt gage disclosed in Letters Patent No. 964,139 granted to me on July 12, 1910, the object of the invention being to improve the means for forming the connection between the uprights and the adjustable bands.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a skirt gage embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a device for securing the bands and uprights together. Figs. 3 and 4 are a plan view and vertical section, respectively, of said device.

ln the present embodiment of the invention a plurality of uprights 1 are employed (four such uprights being herein shown), said uprights being adapted to rest upon the floor. The lower end portions of the uprights are secured together by means of a flexible band or belt 2 of spring steel or other suitable material. rllhe free ends of the band are secured in adjusted position, as by means of a clip or sleeve 3 through which the ends of the band 2 extend, the ends of the band being clamped together by means of a screw 4f threaded in the clip 3.

ln order to secure the lower ends of the uprights to the band 2 I provide a plurality of clips or sleeves 5, each of which is adapted to receive the lower end of one of the uprights and has slots 6 in its side 'walls through which the band Q extends. A leaf spring l is riveted to the front wall of the sleeve and is arranged to be moved into frictional clamping engagement with the upright by means of a thumb screw S threaded in a bearing 9 in the front wall of the sleeve. rlhe leaf spring 7 provides an increased frictional bearing surface for the screw and also prevents the screw from marring graduation marks upon the upright.

Mounted upon the upper portions of the uprights 1 is a band or belt 10, the ends of which are held in adjusted relation to each other by any suitable means such as a clip 11 and screw 12 similar to those employed upon the lower band 2. A plain clip 13 may be employed in addition to the clip 11, if desired. rlhe band 10 and the uprights 1 are preferably secured together by the devices shown in Figs. Q, 3 and t in the man ner hereinbefore described. The uprights and one or both of the bands may be graduated, if desired.

In practice, the skirt to be measured is donned and the wearer steps into the space between the uprights 1. The belt 10 is then secured to the upright-s at such a height as to bring the belt directly below the hip, the belt being slid up and down the uprights as may be necessary and being conveniently .secured at the desired height by means of the thumb screws 8. rllhe band 10 having been drawn up so as to lit closely about the skirt, the ends of the band are secured in place by means of the clip 11 and thumb screw 12. A datum line may now be formed around the skirt by marking along the edge of the band 1() by means of a crayon or by placing pins in the fabric along said edge. The band 13 is then opened to permit the wearer to step out of the device. The skirt may then be removed and the bottom edge of the skirt trimmed olf so that the finished garment, when worn, shall hang at the desired height from the floor. The line along which the lower portion of the skirt is to be trimmed oft or finished may be quickly and accurately determined by measuring downwardly from the datum line.

1 claim as my invention:

1. A skirt gage comprising a flexible band adapted to encircle the skirt, a plurality of spaced uprights crossing said band, and a device at cach of such crossing points comprising a clip fitting upon the upright and being slotted to receive the band, a leaf spring riveted in the clip, and a thumb screw threaded in the clip and bearing against one end of said lea-f spring' to frictionally clamp the upright and the band together.

2. A skirt gage comprising a flexible band adapted to encircle the skirt, a plurality of spaced uprights crossing said band, and a device at each of such crossing points comprising a clip fitting upon the upright and having slots in its side Walls adapted to iepreventing the screw from marring the face ceive the band, a leaf spring secured in the of the upright. 1G clip anda thumb screw threaded in the irontY In testimony whereof I aiiix my signavvall of the clip'and adapted tolnove said ture in presence of tvvo Witnesses.

leaf spring into friotional engagement With ELZABETH H. GATES.

the upfight to clamp the upright and the Witnesses:

band together, said leaf spring providing EARL C. CARLSON,

increased bearing surface for the screw and GEORGE L. CHINDAHL.

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